Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02509936
Promoting Physical Growth and Positive Development in Severely Stunted Guatemalan Children
Crowd Funding and Social Networks as a Novel Mechanism to Promote Sustainable Physical Growth and Positive Psychosocial and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Severely Stunted Guatemalan Children
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 324 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Wuqu' Kawoq, Maya Health Alliance · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 24 Months
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study seeks to evaluate the impact of an intensive home-based education intervention targeting severely stunted Guatemalan children for catch up growth and improved development. Half of the children in the study will receive standard of care, which includes micronutrient supplementation and a food ration. The other half of children in the study will receive, in addition to the above, home-based dietary assessment and individualized parental nutrition education.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Home-based nutrition education | Health promoters will use 24-hour dietary recall information to assess meal frequency and dietary diversity and then provide tailored nutrition coaching to parents. |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Standard-of-care nutrition support | Subjects will be provided with a standard food ration and with a multiple micronutrient powder dietary supplement (Chispitas) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-10-01
- Completion
- 2016-10-01
- First posted
- 2015-07-28
- Last updated
- 2019-11-26
- Results posted
- 2019-11-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Guatemala
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02509936. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.